As Mudhoney prepares to commemorate its second decade in existence with a new album, "Tomorrow Hit Today," one of the few Seattle bands to survive the genre crash and burn that claimed so many other grunge acts in the mid-'90s is now preparing for its first major tour in three years.

After opening for Pearl Jam during a late-August, early-September run of dates, Mudhoney plans to unleash the guitar maelstrom of "Tomorrow" -- which finds the band matching wits with legendary producer Jim Dickinson (see "Mudhoney Still Standing For New Album, Tour") -- on September 22 before launching a U.S. tour a week later in San Francisco.